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Alberta a 'very attractive' target for foreign interference: CSIS presentation 'Canada and specifically Alberta are very attractive to many hostile foreign states' https://lnkd.in/e-PcqdeS

Crisis-level ratings of the health system are a flashing danger sign #Canada #Health #Federation #MedicalCare #Poverty #Seniors #HealthcareCrisis #HealthAccess #PublicTrust #HealthSystem #EmergencyCare #HealthFunding 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and public health officials of an increase in global and U.S. measles cases and to provide guidance on measles prevention for all international travelers aged ≥6 months and all children aged ≥12 months who do not plan to travel internationally. Measles (rubeola) is highly contagious; one person infected with measles can infect 9 out of 10 unvaccinated individuals with whom they come in close contact. From January 1 to March 14, 2024, CDC has been notified of 58 confirmed U.S. cases of measles across 17 jurisdictions, including seven outbreaks in seven jurisdictions compared to 58 total cases and four outbreaks reported the entire year in 2023. Among the 58 cases reported in 2024, 54 (93%) were linked to international travel. Most cases reported in 2024 have been among children aged 12 months and older who had not received measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Many countries, including travel destinations such as Austria, the Philippines, Romania, and the United Kingdom, are experiencing measles outbreaks. To prevent measles infection and reduce the risk of community transmission from importation, all U.S. residents traveling internationally, regardless of destination, should be current on their MMR vaccinations. Healthcare providers should ensure children are current on routine immunizations, including MMR. Given currently high population immunity against measles in most U.S. communities, the risk of widescale spread is low. However, pockets of low coverage leave some communities at higher risk for outbreaks. For more information, please visit https://lnkd.in/fyUdQ7Y #childcare #CommunityAction #mountainheart #Measles

https://lnkd.in/gxkvAW5U   Article title: USA Child (0-4) and Adult (55-74) Mortality and % GDP-Health Expenditure and the Other Western Countries 1989-2015. America needs an “National Neighbourhood Health Service”   Author(s): Colin Pritchard*, Emily Rosenorn-Lanng Richard Williams and Mark Wallace   Journal: Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health   Journal ISSN: 2455-5479   Abstract: Purpose: To analyse how effective was the USA, compared to Other Western Countries (OWC) in reducing premature deaths 1989-2015.   Design: This population-based study is a cost-effective model of fiscal input into health related to clinical outputs, recognising socio-economic factors influence health outcomes. Using World Bank data for total % GDP-Expenditure-on-Health, and, WHO data for Child (0-4), Adult (55-74) and Age-Standardised-Death-Rates rates per million America is compared with OWC. Cost-Effective Ratios (CEF) are calculated and Confidence Intervals (95%) tests USA against each OWC. `Excess’ deaths are calculated between the most and least expensive health systems.   Setting: Twenty Other Western countries.   Patients: National populations.   Outcomes: USA highest current total %GDPEH 16.8% and highest average of 12.7% and UK lowest 7.1% over period.   USA Child (0-4) highest at 1249pm, OWC averaged 803pm. Fourteen countries had significantly bigger reductions than America.   USA Adult (55-74) mortality was highest at 12,554pm, OWC averaged 9,835pm. Fourteen countries had significantly bigger reductions than USA.   #ChildMortality #AdultMortality #HealthExpenditure #International #Addiction #SubstanceAbuse #CommunityBehavioralHealth #Biostatistics #HealthServices #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #CommunityDwelling #Peertechz #CommunityHealth #CommunityHealthAwareness #CommunityHealthCampaigns #CommunityHealthHazards #CommunityHealthNeeds #CommunityHealthPromotion #CommunityHealthServices #CommunityHealthSurveys #CommunityHealthcare #CommunityIntervention #CommunityMentalHealth #CommunityNursing #CommunityPharmacy #CommunityTreatmentAndManagement #EnvironmentalHealth #PeertechzPublications #Epidemics #Endemics #Epidemiology #GlobalAwareness #HealthEconomics #InsuranceMedicine #OccupationalSafetyAndHealth #PublicHealthDentistry #PublicHealthEmergency #PublicHealthInterventions #PublicHealthSurveillance #PublicPolicy #SanitationAndHealth

Learning Chinese and Working in the Health System in China: What Health Workers Need to Know https://smpl.is/9a2ta

GCM Publication Spotlight: "Use of Concept Mapping to Inform a Participatory Engagement Approach for Implementation of Evidence-Based HPV Vaccination Strategies in Safety-Net Clinics" To receive the latest GCM publications, sign up for our monthly email: https://lnkd.in/gkfWzpxA Tsui, J., Shin, M., Sloan, K., Mackie, T. I., Garcia, S., Fehrenbacher, A. E., Crabtree, B. F., & Palinkas, L. A. (2024). Use of concept mapping to inform a participatory engagement approach for implementation of evidence-based HPV vaccination strategies in safety-net clinics. Implementation Science Communications, 5(1). https://lnkd.in/gcqNa_z8

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💊 Managing medical emergencies requires knowledge and skills of the most used emergency drugs and pharmaceutical aids. 💉 This article is a brief guide to some emergency drugs and pharmaceutical aids every physician should know. 🌐 Learn more from FADIC Blog: https://lnkd.in/dZE4kAmU

Vaccine effectiveness against emerging COVID-19 variants using digital health data Abstract Background Participatory surveillance of self-reported symptoms and vaccination status can be used to supplement traditional public health surveillance and provide insights into vaccine effectiveness and changes in the symptoms produced by an infectious disease. The University of Maryland COVID Trends and Impact Survey provides an example of participatory surveillance that leveraged Facebook’s active user base to provide self-reported symptom and vaccination data in near real-time. Methods Here, we develop a methodology for identifying changes in vaccine effectiveness and COVID-19 symptomatology using the University of Maryland COVID Trends and Impact Survey data from three middle-income countries (Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa). We implement conditional logistic regression to develop estimates of vaccine effectiveness conditioned on the prevalence of various definitions of self-reported COVID-like illness in lieu of confirmed diagnostic test results. Results We highlight a reduction in vaccine effectiveness during Omicron-dominated waves of infections when compared to periods dominated by the Delta variant (median change across COVID-like illness definitions: −0.40, IQR[−0.45, −0.35]. Further, we identify a shift in COVID-19 symptomatology towards upper respiratory type symptoms (i.e., cough and sore throat) during Omicron periods of infections. Stratifying COVID-like illness by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) description of mild and severe COVID-19 symptoms reveals a similar level of vaccine protection across different levels of COVID-19 severity during the Omicron period. Conclusions Participatory surveillance data alongside methodologies described in this study are particularly useful for resource-constrained settings where diagnostic testing results may be delayed or limited. ***Click on graph below to access entire study. Posted by Larry Cole

Health ministry comes up with new draft guidelines on passive euthanasia The guidelines laid out four conditions on passive euthanasia for taking a "considered decision in a patient's best interests, to stop or discontinue ongoing life support in a terminally ill disease that is no longer likely to benefit the patient or is likely to harm in terms of causing suffering and loss of dignity." #Union_Health_Ministry | #passive_euthanasia | #brainstem_death | #Indian_Medical_Association | https://lnkd.in/etcipSg9

https://lnkd.in/gtnRxmuY   Article title: Phased Reopening during COVID-19 in a nut shell   Author(s): Joshua Chadwick Jayaraj*   Journal: Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health   Journal ISSN: 2455-5479   Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly progressing, most countries have implemented physical distancing measures community-wide. As transmission dynamics begin to decline, along with incidence of COVID-19 cases, there will be a need for decisions at the country level about how to transition out of strict physical distancing and into a phased reopening.   #COVID-19 #Addiction #SubstanceAbuse #CommunityBehavioralHealth #Biostatistics #HealthServices #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #CommunityDwelling #Peertechz #CommunityHealth #CommunityHealthAwareness #CommunityHealthCampaigns #CommunityHealthHazards #CommunityHealthNeeds #CommunityHealthPromotion #CommunityHealthServices #CommunityHealthSurveys #CommunityHealthcare #CommunityIntervention #CommunityMentalHealth #CommunityNursing #CommunityPharmacy #CommunityTreatmentAndManagement #EnvironmentalHealth #PeertechzPublications #Epidemics #Endemics #Epidemiology #GlobalAwareness #HealthEconomics #InsuranceMedicine #OccupationalSafetyAndHealth #PublicHealthDentistry #PublicHealthEmergency #PublicHealthInterventions #PublicHealthSurveillance #PublicPolicy #SanitationAndHealth

FBR's Rs1 Point-of-Sale fee, intended for documentation and customer rewards, lacks transparency and accountability, raises concerns Read: https://lnkd.in/d5muN-AS